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Mr. Tom Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Expressions like "So beautiful a house" or "So stupid a person"

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00I would like to know if the expressions like 01b00"So beautiful a house"02b00 or 01b00"So stupid a person" 02b00are possible with countable nouns only! How can I use such expressions with uncountable nouns? For example,01blockquote
00 1- It was so fatal 11b10(a?)12b10 poison. 12blockquote
10Or any other example with uncountable noun? 02br
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02br 02br 00 In the case of the poison, you need the 01i 00a02i 00. 02br 02br 01i 00so dry a wine 02i 00(such a dry kind of wine)01i 02br 00 so tender a meat 02i 00 (such a tender kind of meat)01i 02br 00 so expensive a fuel02i 00 (such an expensive kind of fuel)02br 02br 00 CJ0-

— CalifJim

  • 02br 02br 00 In the case of the poison, you need the 01i 00a02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00so dry a wine 02i 00(such a dry kind of wine)01i 02br 00 so tender a meat 02i 00 (such a tender kind of meat)01i 02br 00 so expensive a fuel02i 00 (such an expensive kind of fuel)02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 The expression includes the word 01i00a (an)02i00, so it's only possible with countable nouns.02br
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00 In the case of the poison, you need the 01i00a02i00. This shows that you are using the countable version of poison (a kind of poison), not the uncountable version, poisonous substance.02br
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